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[aprilsjesusblogging]

I was thinking about the names of Bible translations

This was originally to r/episcopalian but it got deleted for "not being relevant to TEC" (seriously it was apparently reported multiple times despite having a bunch of great comments, people need to get a life) so I'm sharing it here. No, mods, I am not going to post this to "a more general Christian sub" are you fucking kidding me. Also yes it is relevant to TEC because most churches use the NRSV! Anyway.

So in 1901 a Bible translation was titled the "American Standard Version." From there it became: RSV (Revised Standard Version) in 1952 NRSV (New Revised Standard Version) in 1989 NRSVue (New Revised Standard Version, updated edition) in 2021 This is meant to mostly be humorous but I do think the naming is a little silly. What's next? The New and Improved Standard Version? The More Standard Than Before Version? The Now Even Better Standard Version? The New Revised Standard Version, updated again edition? I think we should label them like software or something. Standard Version, 5.0

The comments had some great suggestions, like using the year; which some other translations do, as well as the Book of Common Prayer. Or just numbering them as 2nd edition, 3rd edition, etc.

But there was also some very funny suggestions:

Bible_Draft_Final_FINALFINAL_2_REALLYFINAL_EDITED

Now That's What I Call The Revised Edition

"NRSVueXCAC: New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Versus Capcom Arcade Collection" (to which someone responded, "The first Bible with a lens flare on every page")

"The Star Trek fan in me really wish it was: STANDARD VERSION: THE NEXT GENERATION"

"I propose we switch to the Orthodox-Methodist Global World Traveler’s Final Beatific Bible Quotidian edition, or OMGWTFBBQ"

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

One in Christ Jesus

28 There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise. — Galatians 3:28-29 | New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Joel 2:29; Matthew 3:9; John 17:11; Romans 3:22; Romans 3:29; Romans 4:13; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:17; Romans 9:8; 1 Corinthians 3:23

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Our Unity in Christ Jesus

[menthol-creme-dziewczynka]

[breathofgod]

genesis 24:2-3 — abraham says to his servant: “put your hand under my thigh and I will make you swear by the lord”. sexuality as a bond, as an oath, as a promise, as that which you force unto others yet cannot bear to have forced unto you

[donkeykongcircus]

never has there been a time when i wasn't an extremely anxious person. my dad used to be the same way; he'd worry about nothing, mindlessly biting his nails as he turned over his seemingly gargantuan problems in his head. anxiety is in my blood, and though i've never sought any type of treatment for it, i've been able to soothe myself with verses like matthew 6:34 recently. there are so many pessimistic and morbid interpretations of this verse but i can't stop it from popping up in my head every time i start drowning in all of the theoretical disasters coming my way. the Lord knows every possibility and everything that will certainly happen, yet he keeps calm. the Lord's knees don't tremble at everything he sees before him, so why should i allow mine to buckle at things that can't hold a candle to what he's witnessing? why should i submit to my fears when she's holding the entire universe in her hands and cradling all of her children so closely to her body?

[guiltywisdom]

[odysseyofemily]

Fear’s Power to Inhibit Our Walk with God

If you’re a Christian, chances are that you know the story of the first sin very well. God tells Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree, the serpent tempts Eve with the fruit, she eats it and shares it with Adam. They’ve sinned. It’s the start of our world’s downward spiral into despair, turmoil, sadness, death, fear. This last point – fear – is something I hadn’t really paired together with this first sin story before because of the subtlety of how it’s written, but it’s actually quite a crucial learning point for us in the story:

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:6-10, NRSV

Did you catch it? Adam and Eve were afraid to walk with God. And instead, they hid themselves away from Him. Normally, before their sin, they wouldn’t fear God coming to find them to walk with them in the cool of the evening, because fear simply didn’t exist. Sin hadn’t happened yet. But after sin... they experienced fear and let it lead their thoughts and actions. And it affected their relationship with God.

The main takeaway for me today is that fear can inhibit our walk with God – sometimes literally, in the case of Adam and Eve. We need to be careful how we deal with fear. That’s not to say that we should minimize fear or simply choose not to acknowledge the scary things in life. But while there are many fearful things in this world that we cannot escape, it’s how we deal with those fearful things – and those fearful feelings that creep in – that will either strengthen or weaken our walk with God. We can choose to either trust in Him to see us through or we can choose to doubt His abilities. 

There are lots of accounts of “fear not” throughout the Bible. Today, let’s take that command to heart and choose not to let that fear take hold. By letting fear manifest, all we’re doing is inhibiting our walk with our Creator. Instead, let’s choose to strengthen our walk with God by trusting in Him to see us through whatever we are facing. We just may see that those fearful things aren’t so fearful after all.

[lawmenandoutlaws]

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,    and do not rely on your own insight. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him,    and he will make straight your paths. — Proverbs 3:5-6 | New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Numbers 9:20; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Nehemiah 7:5; Psalm 37:3; Psalm 37:5; Proverbs 22:19; Proverbs 23:4; Philippians 4:6; James 1:5